Google has introduced its dedicated AI mobile app, Gemini, in India, more than four months after its initial release in the U.S. The app now supports nine Indian languages in addition to English.
The Gemini app, available in India, offers support for Hindi, Bengali, Gujarati, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Tamil, Telugu, and Urdu. This allows users in the country to interact with the AI either by typing or speaking in any of these supported languages, Google announced on Tuesday.
Google confirmed to TechCrunch that the Gemini app operates on Gemini 1.0 Pro by default. However, there is a paid option for users to upgrade to the Gemini Advanced experience, which is powered by Gemini 1.5 Pro. This advanced version provides a context window of 1 million tokens, capable of processing and understanding extensive information, from documents up to 1,500 pages long to complex data analysis tasks. The Gemini Advanced experience also supports the nine Indian languages available in the app.
In addition to the launch in India, Google has also quietly rolled out the Gemini app in Turkey, Bangladesh, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka.
Android users in these eligible countries can download the Gemini app from the Play Store. Users can also set Gemini as their default AI assistant through the Google Assistant app. Over the next few weeks, iPhone users in India will be able to access Gemini via the Google app.
During its I/O developer conference in May, Google highlighted the expansion of its Gemini AI assistant into various apps such as Gmail, Google Messages, and YouTube, as well as deeper integration within the Android operating system. Some of these features will be gradually rolled out to supported devices in the coming months. Specifically for Indian users, Google has announced that the Gemini assistant will be integrated into Google Messages in English starting today.
Originally unveiled in the U.S. in February, the Gemini mobile app was subsequently launched in several European countries, including Germany, France, Italy, Sweden, and the U.K. In April, the app expanded its language support to include Japanese, Korean, Spanish, and Portuguese, further broadening its user base.
